Adjunct Faculty in Community Colleges: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Great Teachers

The employment of adjunct faculty is often what allows community
colleges to offer excellent yet affordable education; however, this
group is often deprived of the professional development and basic
amenities enjoyed by their full-time colleagues.

Academic administrators are those charged with hiring and
supervising adjunct faculty, and this book provides them with
examples of successful programs that highlight the important
connection between teaching quality and effective hiring,
orientation, acculturation, and professional development practices
for their constituency. These models come from community and
technical colleges across the United States and can be implemented
into any two-year system.

Through the use of research, case studies, and hands-on how-to
guides, checklists, and samples, this volume’s expert
contributors explain how to understand part-time faculty— how
to motivate them and value them as members of the academy. They go
on to offer practical advice for recruiting, integrating,
supporting, and retaining these great teachers.

DESNA L. WALLIN is an assistant professor in the Department
of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University
of Georgia. She has more than 25 years of experience in community
and technical colleges. She began her career as an adjunct
instructor at Lincoln Land Community College. She subsequently
became a tenured instructor, served as dean of transfer, general
studies, and developmental programs, and as vice president for
academic affairs. She accepted the presidency of Clinton Community
College in 1989 and served for six years before assuming the
presidency of Forsyth Technical community College, where she served
for an additional six years. She is the author of numerous articles
and chapters, a coauthor of Essentialism: Common Sense Quality
Improvement (American Association of Community Colleges, 1994)
and author of The CEO Contract: A Guide for Presidents and
Boards (American Association of Community Colleges, 2003). An
active leadership consultant, she is currently working with various
state organizations and the American Association of Community
Colleges to provide leadership development seminars and workshops
for faculty and administrators in community technical
colleges.
Dr. Wallin is an honors graduate of Brigham Young University. She
earned her master’s degree in English education at Eastern
Illinois University and her Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction
from Illinois State University.

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